The Invasion of Ceuta Was a Moroccan Intelligence Operation
1st October 2026
In the past two months I’ve reported extensively on the massive migrant invasion that took place in Ceuta at the end of July. Ceuta is a Spanish enclave (and exclave) on the coast of North Africa bordered by Morocco on the southwest. It is sovereign Spanish territory, but the Moroccans have historically claimed it as part of Morocco.
On July 30 and 31, an estimated 72,000 migrants, most of them not Moroccans, crossed the border from Morocco to Ceuta by breaking through the fence or swimming around the sea barriers. Most of the invaders reportedly returned to Morocco after about a week, but thousands of them — nobody is sure exactly how many — remain in Spanish territory, camping on the beach or in public parks.
In the days following the initial wave of migration, observers who asserted that the Moroccan authorities played a role in the invasion were dismissed as paranoid conspiracy theorists. Now a report by Spanish intelligence has confirmed that the conspiracy existed, and that both Moroccan intelligence and the Moroccan military were involved.
Right up until the release of the Spanish intelligence report, the government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez vigorously insisted that the Moroccan government had nothing to do with the migrant invasion of Ceuta. The only question that remains is: Was the Spanish government simply ignorant and incompetent, or did it connive with the Moroccan government in importing the invaders?
Only time will tell.